Locavore motion: "The buy local train is leaving the station, and it’s time for USDA to hear the whistle and get on board," says Vermont Senator Ginny Lyons in this op-ed. (Times Argus Online)

Robbing the poor to sell to the poor: An economics lesson from Tom Philpott on what rising food prices mean for low-income Americans, including workers like those to whom Burger King refused to pay an extra penny a pound. (Grist)

Grain Man: George Naylor — the corn farmer featured in "The Omnivore’s Dilemma" — writes about whether corn is leading us toward ecological disaster. (AlterNet)